Conservatives target Labour's ethnic minority votes

Despite their best efforts, the Conservatives still lag behind Labour when it comes to attracting black and minority ethnic voters.
But a new campaign group hopes to capitalise on the "disarray" in the opposition's ranks to regain ground.
The organisation, Modern Britain, held a packed fringe event at the party's conference in Birmingham.
One of the panellists, former minister Helen Grant, offered a blunt verdict on her party's record, warning it would "let down millions of people" and miss out on black and minority ethnic (BME) voters in 2020 unless it properly... read more

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